eaglei20200 commented on Why You Should Carry a Digital Camera At All Times

"Not that the NY Times is always right, but the fact that they would give this photo airplay suggests that perhaps some real experts at their place and the AP (which also distributed it) have looked at it and decided to go with a judgment of "real." Don't think Jayson Blair has been quietly removed to their photo dept. I woulda been screaming for Auntie Em; to hell with the dog."

eaglei20200 commented on A Monster List of Things Monster Cable Will Soon Sue

"So, a company sees itself being unmasked as a purveyor of overpriced junk in front of its customer base of self-styled experts."

eaglei20200 commented on Handwriting Recognition for iPhone Now Available

"I should have added Clies forever, too."

eaglei20200 commented on Handwriting Recognition for iPhone Now Available

"G1 forever. Has anyone considered that handwriting recognition software on handhelds and tablets could be used to teach children penmanship?"

eaglei20200 commented on Solar Dragonfly Flaps Wings Feebly, Makes Us Sad

"The story is "The Artist of the Beautiful," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the proto-steampunk story of a craftsman who creates a flying mechanical dragonfly, only to have it--wait for it!--destroyed (okay, I forget how--think it might have been a kid)."

eaglei20200 commented on Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)

"THRUSH Central was all an evil organization ever needed to have by way of HQ."

eaglei20200 commented on Air Drones to Invade the Planet... Now

"Remember the movie of 1984--all the little airborne surveillance gadgets hovering around?"

eaglei20200 commented on Pen Phone Design is Smallest Yet

"This device would make you the Man from U.N.C.L.E."